Tailgate Party

On Saturday evening we celebrated Caedmon's 4th birthday. With twenty-four guests in attendance, we had a full house. Caedmon was anxiously awaiting the party all week...month long and kept asking "Is today my party?" He was in "football heaven" and was so excited to be surrounded by all the people he loves.

Here is the invitation:I stayed up late on Friday night decorating and had his cake finished before he woke up on Saturday. I loved the look on his face when he woke up and realized that today was finally the day. This age has been a lot of fun. The innocent magical wonder and excitement expressed during Christmas & birthdays is so neat to watch...and Mom & Dad are still the coolest people on earth...for now anyway.

The cake was exciting to make...even daddy got into it and helped me with all the appropriate football field details.

Our family calendar for the month of September had a picture of a football cookie that Caedmon spotted. He showed it to his Grandma Clara to see if she could make some for his birthday party.
Little quarterback Karis
Are you really four already? Time is sure flying by my son!Happy Birthday!

Today it was so fun to watch the sheer joy on your face as you ran & played outside in the 65 degree weather we were experiencing in January. Wow, what a gift--thanks God! It felt like the first day of Spring! You were covered with mud, but it was worth the belly laughs that echoed across the yard. I love you!

Happy 2008!

Our friends from church, Sean & Jayne Miller, invited us--along with several other couples to their home for a New Year's Eve party. They were so kind to let us bring all the kids along as well. The kids had a blast and we did also. Lots of yummy food and great fellowship. The girlfriends had a little friendly ping pong competition and I was doing so well beating all of them until little Miss Jayne came along and creamed me. The hit of the night was the Playstation 2 game called Buzz Mega Trivia that Ryan & Jaime brought along. The game is a lighthearted trivia group game presented like a TV game show and geared toward adults that was hilariously fun.
They even had a junior buzz game that the kids had fun playing.

Thanks again for a fun night!